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The ICD-9-CM is used to translate what descriptive information into numeric codes?

Verbal or narrative

Contains the disease and condition codes and the code descriptions (nomenclature) as well as the Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services and External Causes of Injury and Poisoning

Volume 1

The Alphabetic Index for Volume 1.

Volume 2

Volumes 1 and 2 are used in __________ and __________ settings to substantiate the reason for receiving medical services by assigning diagnosis codes.

inpatient, outpatient

Used for coding surgical, therapeutic, and diagnostic procedures and is used primarily by hospitals.

Volume 3

ICD-9-CM codes are reported on the CMS-1500 insurance claim form used by __________.

Physician's offices.

ICD-9-CM codes are reported on the CMS-1450 form or UB-04 form used in __________.

hospitals

There are four groups whose function it is to deal with in-depth coding principles and practices:

A group of three-digit categories that represent a group of conditions or related conditions.

Section

A three-digit code that represents a single condition or disease.

Category

A four-digit code that provides more information or specificity as compared to a three-digit code in terms of the cause, site, or manifestation of the condition.

Subcategory

A five-digit code that adds even more information and specificity to a condition's description.

Subclassification

When four digits are used, they are called _________ codes.

subcategory

When five digits are used, they are called __________ codes.

subclassification

Greater __________ decreases the number of third-party-payer returns for further clarification of the diagnosis codes.

specificity

The Tabular List contains how many appendices?

5

What appendix is the Morphology of Neoplasms?

Appendix A

What appendix, which was deleted in 2004, was the Glossary of Mental Disorders?

Appendix B

What appendix is the Classification of Drugs by American Hospital Formulary Service List Number and Their ICD-9-CM Equivalents

Appendix C

What appendix, which was deleted in 2009, was the Classification of Industrial Accidents According to Agency?

Appendix D

What appendix is the List of Three-Digit Categories?

Appendix E

Included as a reference to the coder so it is possible to provide further information about the patient's clinical picture, further define a diagnostic statement, aid in classifying new drugs, and reference three-digit categories.

Appendices

In which appendix would you find the Glossary of Mental Disorders?

Appendix B

In which appendix would you find the Classification of Industrial Accidents According to Agency?

Appendix D

In which appendix would you find Morphology of Neoplasms?

Appendix A

In which appendix would you find a List of Three-Digit categories?

Appendix E

In which appendix would you find the Classification of Drugs by American Hospital Formulary?

Appendix C

In which appendix would you find the code to identify an injury resulting from a job-related accident involving a machine?

Appendix D

Published by the World Health Organization, these codes contain the location/site and morphology of tumors.

International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O)

The study of the form and structure of neoplasms.

Morphology

The Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) assigns an _____ code for the morphology along with an _____ code to indicate the location of the tumor.

M, ICD-O

The originating site of the tumor.

Primary site

The metastatic site.

Secondary site

Most psychiatric disorders are classified using the

Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)

What is a good way to get a quick overview of all the codes in the ICD-9-CM manual?

Reviewing Appendix E

Non essential modifiers are enclosed in

Parentheses

A diagnostic descriptor that is listed in italics is an

CC exclusion

The abbreviation UHDDS refers to the

Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set

Diagnoses described as "suspected," "possible," "probable," "likely," and "still to be ruled out" are reported if present for _______ records.

inpatient

For patients recieving therapeutic services in the outpatient setting for chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or rehabilitation, the first listed reported diagnosis is:

The appropriate V code

When multiple burns are present, the first sequenced diagnosis is the

Highest-degree burn

A coding professional may assume a cause-and-effect relationship between hypertension and which complication?

Hypertension and chronic kidney disease

ICD-9-CM codes that describe the behavior of cells in neoplasms are called

morphology codes

New ICD-9-CM codes go into effect on _________ of each year?

October 1st

Supplementary classifications include:

V codes and E codes

The neoplasm table includes:

The nature and stutus (primary, secondary, in situ) for malignancies

V codes can be used as:

Either principle diagnosis or secondary diagnosis, depending on the code

Terms listed in the Alphabetic Index in boldface type are known as

Main terms

Manifestation codes:

Can never be reported first, are printed in italics in the Tabular List, and describe a condition that results from another, underlying condition

Codes that contain the descriptive abbreviation NOS are to be used:

When the coder lacks sufficient information to assign a more specific code.